Display-cabinet for merchandise.



E.- M. COOK.

DISPLAY CABINET FOR MERCHANDISE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. I917- Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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A TTORNE Y E. M. COOK.

DISPLAY CABINET FOR MERCHANDlSE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1917 Patented Oct. 22, 1918 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ATTORNEY nnwaan m. COOK, or OBEBLIN, onro.

DISPLAY-CABIN ET FOR MERCISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 22, 1918.

Application filed June 20, 1917. Serial No. 175,775.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. CooK, citizen of the United States, residing at Oberlin, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cabinets for Merchandise, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to a display cabinet for retail merchandise, and in this instance particularly :for caps and the like,

and the object of the invention is to provide a cabinet with a number of subdivisions extending the full depth thereof from top to bottom, six in this instance, and each subdivision having a number of compartments of such depth as to accommodate a single cap in each and preferably open at the front for advantageous display and examination of the goods, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of cabinet embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on a line traversing the hood above the lamps, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cabinet looking down on the hood. Fig.5 is a cross section on line 5-5, Fig. 1.

The structure as thus shown comprises a cabinet body 2 rotatably supported upon a shaft 3 fixed in a base 4 and a specially formed hood or section 5 on. its top. The said body is circular and provided with six equal subdivisions extending the full length thereof and spaced apart by radially disposed walls 6, thus forming sub-divisions of substantially V-shape in cross section, as seen in Fig. 5, and which flare outwardly. The said subdivisions are divided into a series of equal compartments by horizontal shelves 8 spaced apart a distance suitable to accommodate a single cap or other article the cabinet is designed to display, and in this instance all caps of a given size are shown in one subdivision or column and those of another size or style in another column, and so on. This obviously contributes to convenience the display and selection of sizes since all of one size are together, and facilitates choice and sale because all the caps or articles of that size or style are together and easy to select by the person who makes the choice. Then again the goods are protected from intermixture of numbers and shop wear, which is material to the merchant.

Further important details of construction comprise the hood or top section 5 of the cabinet, and which has to do more especially with the illumination of the cabinet and in which means are required to afford continuous llghting while the cabinet is being rotated. To these ends the said hood is of such size or width as to extend outward all around beyond the side of the cabinet at least far enough to mount electric lamps 10 therein in such position as to shed their light down upon the front of the respective subdivisions, and reflectors 12 are provided for said lamps to assist in the illumination. A pair of lamps is shown for each of the six subdivisions and electrical connection therewith is made by wires 15 through the shaft 3 from beneath and two commutator or contact rings 18 and 20, respectively, mounted upon said shaft over an insulating sleeve 21 thereon and which rings are electrically connected with the respective wires 15 in shaft 3 through said sleeve. This, of course, means that the said rings 18 and 20 are stationary with said shaft.

Two relatively larger conducting rings 22 and 23 are fixed in the hood on the top 24 of the cabinet on the same planes as the rings 18 and 20 and adapted to rotate therewith, and are suitably insulated and ,provided with suitable electrical connections with the respective lamps 10. Contact brushes or members 25 and 26 respectively are slidably mounted in sockets in the rings 22 and 23 having springs 29 to press the said bolts or contact members in sustained bearing against the smaller rings 18 and 20 to maintain a closed circuit. Then with a suitable switch in the system, not "shown here, the salesman can manipulate the lights at his pleasure and maintain the light along with free rotary control of the cabinet.

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